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Mineral vs Non-Mineral
Mineral Identification Properties
The Three Classes of Rock
The Rock Cycle
Misc.
100
This acronym helps us to understand what a mineral is.
What is SNIFC?
100
This is the color of a mineral in its powdered form.
What is streak?
100
This naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals can be used by humans in a variety of ways.
What is a rock?
100
This is a series of process in which rock changes from one type to another.
What is the rock cycle?
100
Minerals come from all over the world and have many different uses. Name a way you used a mineral today.
Answer will vary.
200
This state of matter has a definite shape and volume.
What is a solid?
200
This is the way light reflects off of the surface of a mineral.
What is luster?
200
These three classifications of rock are based on how the rock formed.
What are igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary?
200
This process occurs when a rock turns into magma or lava.
What is melting?
200
When a volcano erupts, ash can enter the Earth's atmosphere. What would the movement of this ash be considered? Weathering? Erosion? Deposition?
Erosion
300
This shape is caused by the orderly arrangement of atoms in a mineral.
What is a crystal?
300
This is the measure of how much matter is in a given amount of space. (g/ml)
What is density?
300
This type of rock forms when weathered rock sediment cements together.
What is sedimentary rock?
300
This process occurs when a rock breaks down into sediment.
What is weathering?
300
Conglomerate, sandstone, and mudstone are all examples of sedimentary rocks. Which process would they all have in common? Melting? Condensation? Cementation?
Cementation
400
This characteristic of a mineral is a synonym for non-living.
What is inorganic?
400
These special properties can help to identify calcite, magnetite, and fluorite.
What are magnetism, ultraviolet light reflection, and double image production?
400
This type of rock forms when magma or lava cools and hardens.
What is igneous rock?
400
This is molten rock on the surface of the Earth.
What is lava?
400
Using a hot iron to apply extreme heat and pressure to a crayon rock would most likely create what type of crayon rock?
metamorphic
500
Why should you never trust an atom?
Because they make up everything!
500
This hardness scale helps mineralogists to determine the relative hardness of unknown minerals.
What is the Mohs Scale of Hardness?
500
This type of rock forms when extreme temperature and pressure change the rock's atomic structure.
What is metamorphic rock?
500
A classmate states that igneous rock must always become sedimentary rock next, according to the rock cycle. Is he or she correct? Why or why not?
No, all three types can become any of the other three types.
500
Can a sedimentary rock ever become another sedimentary rock? If so, how? If not, why not?
Yes, a sedimentary rock could break down into smaller pieces, those pieces would then move to another location, and cement/compact together with other sediments to become a new sedimentary rock.